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What is the importance/significance of 3 weeks of pissing around in Sept for new starters?

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dissle · 20/06/2007 20:46

I just dont get it, its so stressful.

Week 1: 9.30~10.30 Tues ~Fri

Week 2 8.50~ 11 Mon ~ Fri

Week 3 8.50~ 1.30

week 4 full time.

im absolutely struggling to match work hours up with this and dont understand the benefits as they havent been explained.

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dissle · 20/06/2007 20:48

of course it doesnt matter as he will burn the bugger down by the end of day 2.....

do these places have a direct link to the fire station i wonder?

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Speccy · 20/06/2007 20:48

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CarGirl · 20/06/2007 20:48

I don't get it either as here the youngest ones start 2-3 weeks after the others so lots of friendship groups amongst children and parents alike are already made - nightmare!

Furball · 20/06/2007 20:48

at my ds' school they started them in groups of 5 - oldest first! ds didn't start until middle of october as he is august!

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dissle · 20/06/2007 20:49

Is this beneficial though speccy do you think?

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dissle · 20/06/2007 20:50

Millions of kids go to nursery/pre school full time, whats the difference?
Hours are sometimes longer at nurseries

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Hulababy · 20/06/2007 20:52

Think these staggered starts are utter nightmare for working parents. No idea how schools think parents can manage them TBH.

DD did the first 3 days finishing at 12 noon; next two days finishing at 1pm, and then FT from week 2. One week was plenty of time to get her used to the school days, Many children do nursery nowadays anyway so don't really need the easing in any more.

cylonbabe · 20/06/2007 20:53

i think this is ridiculous too.
i remember my dc1 hasd been going to nursery, 9 am till 7 pm somedays, though usually 5 pm. and when i took him to the state nursery, on his very first day, he looked up at me as if to say, 'what the hell are you doing her e already' when i turned up two and a half hourse later.

oliveoil · 20/06/2007 20:54

dd1 starts in September and she does mornings one week and afternoons the following

good imo

work them in slowly

although I am biased as dd1 is very sensitive and will freak whatever

agree on work being a pain but you are informed well in advance, I have used up all my hols already and will be doing unpaid leave and juggling with MIL

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dissle · 20/06/2007 20:55

I could accept it if given a legitimate and valid reason but have had no such explanation from any one that i have asked?

Was told that it was for the benefit of teachers NOT kids.

BUT WHY!!!!?????

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oliveoil · 20/06/2007 20:55

not all children go to nursery actually, neither of mine did so it is a big shock to them to be left with strangers

(I repeat, I am biased, with having a softie )

mumoftwoangels · 20/06/2007 20:56

We must be made of sturner stuff in the country, my dd2 starts in jan. 8.45- 3.15 from day 1!

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dissle · 20/06/2007 20:58

Im not just on a crusade about this BUT also think that school should be on ALL weekend and should provide overnight care too.

That way my young offender in the making can come home maybe for an hour on Christmas morning...then go back.

no?

just me then????

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Hulababy · 20/06/2007 20:59

Some people can't take time off to deal withthese types of starts though - teacher parents for example.

Maybe it should be optional for how long the PT bit goes on for depending on individual children and their needs?

Mercy · 20/06/2007 21:00

Even if your child went to a nursery from day one, it's still a new environment for them. New routines, new faces, new lots of things.

mumoftwoangels · 20/06/2007 21:00

isn't the pre school terms supposed to do the breaking in bit? I think it is something that will have to change when the rules change about schools and the extended hours.

Mercy · 20/06/2007 21:00

Oh right, get you know.

Wind up merchant

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dissle · 20/06/2007 21:02

i know what you are saying But he went to the nursery attached to the school, all the pals from there are going...

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morocco · 20/06/2007 21:03

yup, definitely too much pussyfooting around, same for preschool. and not nearly enough notice either, seeing as I still have no clue what our school is planning. got invited to take ds2 on a visit on the same morning the letter arrived - don't know quite what they imagine we do all day - sit round like saddos waiting for an invite out?

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dissle · 20/06/2007 21:03

dunno what i am going to do, cant take 3 weeks off work nor can i go in and out willy nilly

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CarGirl · 20/06/2007 21:04

what I mind most about that it's different for different children within the same class!!!!!

frogs · 20/06/2007 21:04

Yes, we have this with dd2's new (school) nursery class, except we don't have an organised timetable for starting, just a date (24th Sept, FFS) and a warning that 'your child will stay for only an hour on their first day' and that 'the teacher will decide when they are ready to stay the full day'. Aaargh. Also suggestion that parents should stay with their child at first -- what's that about, then?!

My older dc's school had them full-time from day 1. No muss, no fuss. Bliss.

Whizzz · 20/06/2007 21:05

We had something similar when DS started - it's a real pain if you work isn't it.

I think the benefit is (well it was at our school) that for the first few weeks, the kids are only with half the class - so its not as traumatic if they are not used to loads of other kids. They are then eased into the routine before having to cope with all the other kids